"Public Administration Minister Marlene McDonald will face as many as seven criminal charges, including misbehaviour in public office, conspiracy to defraud and money laun
,,,Regarding merit, I have repeatedly pointed out, for example, that our disadvantaged communities comprise many persons of enormous scientific talent who invented and perfected and now maintain the steel drum. Its music now captivates t
Pepe, who is also from Trinidad, which he left nearly 50 years ago, is the figurehead of Ebony, a band he originated with two friends in a yard in 1969, and which is now the Coldplay, Spice Girls, Beyoncé and One Direction of steel ban
Lyn, who came to the UK in 1956, has always been part of carnival. Her uncle was Sterling Betancourt, one of the Notting Hill Carnival’s steel pan pioneers, her dad a pannist and her mother a carnival queen. Lyn and Carl
...The Notting Hill Carnival is rightly regarded as an institution in London. It’s the largest street party in Europe and second largest carnival in the world trailing only Rio de Janeiro. Over the coming Bank Holiday weeken
United Kingdom - UK 2019 Steelband Panorama Line-up
London, United Kingdom - Saturday 24th August is the date set for the 2019 UK Panorama Championship being held at Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Kensal Road in London.
Edric Connor is primarily remembered by filmgoers as an actor for his work on screen during the last 15 years of his life, but the Trinidad-born singer also played a pivotal role in the introduction of what is now called worl
Edmonton's premier steel-pan orchestra has flown in the best of the best to take care of their instruments ahead of the Cariwest festival this weekend.
The TrinCan Steel Orchestra sought out Augustus Peters, a renowned steel-pan maker an
When Steel Talks (WST) extends condolences to Kiera Scanterbury, Magnus Scanterbury (Pan Ambassadors), family and friends – on the recent passing – July 28, 2019 - of Jennifer Scanterbury, aunt and sister respectively, and Pan Ambassadors’ band membe
London, England - It all started back in January 1959. Claudia Jones, a Trinidadian human rights activist, organised a Caribbean Carnival at St. Pancras Town Hall in London – a celebration of West Indian culture that was televised b
